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The Ramen Girl is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 26 may 2009 with Brittany Murphy
The Ramen Girl (2008)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 may 2009
Length 1h42
Rating63%
The Ramen Girl is an 2008 American–Japanese comedy–drama film starring Brittany Murphy about a girl who goes to Japan and decides to learn how to cook ramen. Murphy is also listed in the production credits as one of the producers.
Synopsis
Abby (Brittany Murphy) is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan (Gabriel Mann). Ethan tells her that he has to go to Osaka on a business trip and may not be back for a while. Abby asks to go with him but Ethan refuses and breaks up with her. Abby goes to a ramen shop afterward, and the chef Maezumi (Toshiyuki Nishida) and his wife Reiko (Kimiko Yo) tell her that they are closed. Abby does not understand them as she does not speak Japanese. She starts to cry, so the chef conveys to her to sit down. He brings her a bowl of ramen, and she loves it. A small distance away, she hallucinates that the lucky cat, known as the Maneki Neko, or Beckoning Cat, gestures to her to come over. She offers to pay for her meal, but the chef and his wife refuse.Actors
Brittany Murphy
(Abby)
Sohee Park
(Toshi Iwamoto, Abby's friend (soon boyfriend))
Toshiyuki Nishida
(Maezumi, Abby's Sensei, and the ramen chef)
Tammy Blanchard
(Gretchen)
Kimiko Yo
(Reiko)
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